Are you in favor of H.R.2847 the "Jobs for Main Street Act"?

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The House recently passed (217-212) H.R.2847 its version of a jobs creation measure, and the Senate is now working on its version. “Creating good, sustainable jobs is the single most important thing we can do to rebuild the middle class,” President Obama said. And I won’t rest until we’re doing just that.” However, others contend that “The public should not be fooled; every dollar will come out of the Treasury and taxpayers will be footing the bill,” said Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA).

Are you in favor of H.R.2847 the "Jobs for Main Street Act"?

For: Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN)“I rise in strong support of H.R.2847, the ‘Jobs for Main Street Act’. This bill provides more than $39 billion of additional transportation and infrastructure investment to help create and sustain family-wage construction jobs and rebuild our Nation's infrastructure. … One-half of the $75 billion provided by H.R.2847 is dedicated to transportation infrastructure investment…. In addition, H.R.2847 provides $11 billion for other infrastructure investment, including $1 billion for Clean Water State Revolving Funds and $715 million for Corps of Engineers infrastructure investments. …These investments will build upon the investments already underway …and will create and sustain more than 1 million good, family-wage jobs. “(C.R. H15457)

Against: Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)“Chairman Obey calls this legislation the Jobs for Main Street Act; I call it economic insanity. … It is because of legislation like this and the manner in which it was produced that the public has lost faith in this Congress and why confidence in Washington is at an all-time low. This legislation repeats the failures of the so-called ‘Recovery Act’ by pouring another $150 billion into programs included in the original stimulus package that have so far failed to produce real results or real jobs. Secondly, this legislation adds an additional $150 billion to a budget deficit that has already tripled in the last year…. This is nothing short of a taxpayer-funded Christmas shopping spree, financed with money borrowed from the Chinese.” (C.R. H15455)

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Robin Tucker

In Cedar Rapids, Iowa and other parts of the State of Iowa, one has to wonder, if money for Flood Mitigation will come from this money? Or, will the money approved here leave Cedar Rapids and the State of Iowa high and dry, or should we say, wet and empty, when Flood Mitigation money is needed to overcome future disasters, like the Flood of 2008?

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